On this day: 40 years ago

Thursday, July 16, 2009 - 03:56 in Mathematics & Economics

16 July 1969With over half a billion people watching all over the world, Apollo 11 prepares to lift off from Cape Kennedy, Florida, on what is seen as possibly the greatest single step in human history - a manned landing on the Moon and return to Earth.

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